BASF announced plans to build a Polyurethane Systems House in Geismar, LA.

HMG Paints Ltd. has opened a new innovation, development and application training center at its main site in Manchester, UK.

PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business announced that customers in Mexico can order AMERCOAT^® brand products directly from PPG.

AkzoNobel has again been ranked in the number-one position on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), heading the newly named Materials industry group (previously the Chemicals super sector).

E.W. Kaufmann Co., a KODA Distribution Group company headquartered in Bristol, PA, has been appointed the newest distributor for Cabot Corp.

A group of international experts from government, industry and academia have concluded that alternative testing strategies (ATSs) that don’t rely on animals will be needed to cope with the wave of new nanomaterials emerging from the boom in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

A simple kitchen sink experiment helped Northwestern University researchers discover that green tea leaves not only can be used to steep a good cup of tea, but they make an excellent antibacterial coating.

After several months of extensive consultation with Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) and Stewardship Ontario (SO), the Canadian paint and coatings industry has formally submitted an Industry Stewardship Plan (ISP) to run its own producer-managed waste reduction program in Ontario.

RPM International Inc.’s Performance Coatings Group (PCG) has acquired Expanko Inc.

Dymax Corp. has appointed Andrew Zimsen Territory Sales Manager in the Field Sales Department.